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OREGON STATE LOTTERY

DIVISION 85

POWERBALL®

177-085-0000

Purpose

These rules, OAR 177-085-0005
to 177-085-0065, establish the procedures and requirements for playing Powerball®,
a lotto game operated by the Multi-State Lottery (hereinafter referred to as “MUSL”),
of which the Oregon State Lottery is a member.

The following definitions apply unless
the context requires a different meaning.

(1) “Drawing”
means the formal process of selecting winning numbers that determine the number
of winners for each prize level of the game.

(2) “Game Board”
or “Boards” means that area of the game slip that contains two sets
of numbered squares to be marked by the player, the first set containing fifty-nine
squares, numbered one through fifty-nine, and the second set containing thirty-five
squares, numbered one through thirty-five.

(3) “Game Ticket”
or “Ticket” means a ticket produced by a terminal which contains the
caption Powerball®, one or more lettered game plays followed by
the drawing date, the price of the ticket, a six digit retailer number and a serial
number that is compatible with the Lottery’s central computer system.

(4) “Licensee Lottery”
means a state lottery or lottery of a governmental unit, political subdivision,
or entity thereof that is not a Party Lottery but has agreed to comply with all
applicable MUSL and Product Group requirements and has been authorized by the MUSL
and by the Powerball® Product Group to sell the Powerball® game.

(5) “Lottery”
means the Oregon State Lottery.

(6) “MUSL” means
the Multi-State Lottery Association

(7) “MUSL Board”
means the governing body of the MUSL which is comprised of the chief executive officer
of each Party Lottery.

(8) “Party Lottery”
means a state lottery or lottery of a political subdivision or entity that participates
in MUSL and is authorized to sell the Powerball® game.

(9) “Game Play”
means the six numbers, the first five from a field of fifty-nine numbers and the
last one from a field of thirty-five numbers that appear on a ticket as a single
lettered selection and are to be played by a player in the game.

(10) “Game Slip”
means the paper used in marking a player’s game plays and containing one or
more boards.

(11) “Product Group”
means a group of lotteries which has joined together to offer a product pursuant
to the terms of the Multi-State Lottery Agreement and the Product Group’s
own rules.

(12) “Quick Pick”
means the random selection by the computer system of two-digit numbers that appear
on a ticket and are played by a player in the game.

(13) “Retailer”
means a person or entity authorized by the Lottery to sell lottery tickets.

(14) “Set Prize”
means all prizes except the Grand Prize that are advertised to be paid by a single
lump sum payment and, except in instances outlined in these division 85 rules, will
be equal to the prize amount established by the MUSL Board for the prize level.

(15) “Draw game terminal”
or “Terminal” has the meaning set forth in OAR 177-070-0005(5).

(16) “Winning Numbers”
means the six numbers, the first five from a field of fifty-nine numbers and the
last one from a field of thirty-five numbers, randomly selected at each drawing,
which shall be used to determine winning plays contained on a game ticket.

(2) A Powerball® ticket
may only be sold by and purchased from a Lottery retailer authorized to sell Powerball®
tickets, or a Lottery sales location, and only by a method which is approved by
the Lottery.

(3) The Lottery shall not directly
and knowingly sell a Powerball® ticket or combination of tickets to any person
or entity which would guarantee said purchaser a Grand Prize win.

(1) General Information: Powerball®
is a five out of fifty-nine numbers plus one out of thirty-five numbers lottery
game, drawn every Wednesday and Saturday, which pays the Grand Prize, at the election
of the player made in accordance with these rules or by a default election made
in accordance with these rules, either on an annuitized pari-mutuel basis or as
a single lump sum payment of the total cash amount held for this prize pool on a
pari-mutuel basis. Except as provided in the rules, all other prizes are paid as
a single lump sum payment.

(2) Selection of Numbers: To
play Powerball®, a player shall select five different numbers, from one through
fifty-nine and one additional number from one through thirty-five, for input into
a terminal. The additional number may be the same as one of the first five numbers
selected by the player, as long as it is from one through thirty-five.

(3) Purchase of Tickets: Tickets
can be purchased either from a terminal operated by a retailer (i.e., a clerk-activated
terminal) or from a terminal operated by the player (i.e., a player-activated terminal).
If purchased from a retailer, the player may select a set of five numbers and one
additional number by marking six numbered squares in any one game board on a game
slip and submitting the game slip to the retailer, or by requesting “Quick
Pick” from the retailer. The retailer will then issue a ticket, via the terminal,
containing the selected set or sets of numbers, each of which constitutes a game
play. Tickets can be purchased from a player-activated terminal by use of a touch
screen or by inserting a game slip into the machine. A player may purchase tickets
for future consecutive drawings up to the maximum permitted by the Lottery.

(4) Player’s Responsibility:
It is the sole responsibility of the player to verify the accuracy of the game play
or plays and other data printed on the ticket. A ticket may not be voided or canceled
by returning the ticket to the retailer or to the Lottery, including tickets that
are printed in error. No ticket shall be returned to the Lottery for credit. The
placing of plays is done at the player’s own risk through the Lottery retailer,
who when entering the play or plays is acting on behalf of the player.

(5) Determination of Winning
Numbers: The winning numbers for the Powerball® game shall be determined at
a drawing conducted under the supervision of the MUSL Board. The MUSL Board shall
determine the frequency of Powerball® game drawings. Winning numbers shall
be selected at random with the aid of mechanical drawing equipment or a random number
generator. The Lottery Director shall designate a Drawing Manager who shall review
and randomly observe the drawings conducted by the MUSL Board.

(1) General: A ticket, subject to the
validation requirements set forth in OAR 177-085-0040, is the only proof of a game
play or plays. The submission of a winning ticket to the Lottery or an authorized
retailer as required by OAR 177-046-0110 is the sole method of claiming a prize
or prizes, except that a Grand Prize (and a Match 5+0 prize) must be claimed in
person at Lottery Headquarters. A game slip or a copy of a ticket has no pecuniary
or prize value and does not constitute evidence of ticket purchase or of numbers
selected. A terminal produced paper receipt has no pecuniary or prize value and
does not constitute evidence of ticket purchase or of numbers selected.

(2) Prize Claims: Powerball® prize claim procedures are governed by the administrative rules of the Oregon State
Lottery. MUSL and the Party Lotteries are not responsible for Powerball® prizes that are not claimed following the proper procedures as determined by the
Oregon State Lottery.

(1) Prize Pool: The prize pool for all
prize categories shall consist of 50 percent of each drawing period’s sales,
including any specific statutorily-mandated tax of a Party Lottery or a Licensee
Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, after the prize pool accounts
and prize reserve accounts are funded to the amounts established by the Product
Group. Any amount remaining in the prize pool at the end of the Powerball® game shall be returned to all lotteries participating in the prize pool after the
end of all claims periods of all Party Lotteries and Licensee Lotteries, carried
forward to a replacement game or expended in a manner as directed by the members
of the Product Group in accordance with state law.

(2) Prize Pool Accounts and
Prize Reserve Accounts: An amount up to five percent of a Party Lottery’s
sales, including any specific statutorily-mandated tax of a Party Lottery to be
included in the price of a lottery ticket, shall be deducted from a Party Lottery’s
Grand Prize Pool and placed in trust in one or more prize pool accounts and prize
reserve accounts until the prize pool accounts and a Party Lottery’s share
of the prize reserve accounts reaches the amounts designated by the Product Group.
The Product Group has established the following prize reserve accounts and prize
pool accounts for the Powerball® game:

(a) Prize Reserve Accounts:
The Product Group has established the following prize reserve accounts for the Powerball® game:

(A) The Prize Reserve Account,
which is used to guarantee the payment of valid, but unanticipated, Grand Prize
claims that may result from a system error or other reason (subject to the limitations
of these rules); and

(B) The Set Prize Reserve
Account, which is used to fund deficiencies in low-tier prize payments (subject
to the limitations of these rules).

(b) Prize Pool Accounts:
The Product Group has established the following prize pool accounts for the Powerball® game:

(A) The Grand Prize Pool
Account, which is used to fund the immediate Grand Prize;

(B) The Set-Aside Account,
which is used to guarantee payment of the minimum or starting Grand Prize;

(C) The Power Play® Prize Pool Account, which is described in OAR 177-085-0065; and

(D) The Low-Tier Prize Pool
Account, which holds the temporary balances that may result from having fewer than
expected winners in the low-tier set prize categories. (The source of the Low-Tier
Prize Pool Account is the Party Lottery’s weekly prize contributions less
actual set prize liability.) Once the prize pool accounts and a Party Lottery’s
share of the prize reserve accounts exceed the designated amounts, the excess shall
become part of the Grand Prize Pool Account.

(3) Balances: The Product
Group, with approval of the Finance & Audit Committee, may establish a maximum
balance for the prize pool accounts and prize reserve accounts. The Product Group
may determine to expend all or a portion of the funds in the prize pool accounts
(except the Grand Prize Pool Account) and the prize reserve accounts as follows:

(a) For the purpose of indemnifying
the Party Lotteries and Licensee Lotteries in the payment of prizes to be made by
the participating lotteries, subject to the approval of the MUSL Board; and

(b) For the payment of prizes
or special prizes in the game, subject to the approval of the MUSL Finance and Audit
Committee. The prize reserve shares of a Party Lottery may be adjusted with refunds
to the Party Lottery from the prize reserve accounts as may be needed to maintain
the approved maximum balance and shares of the Party Lotteries. Any amount remaining
in the prize pool accounts or prize reserve accounts at the end of the Powerball® game shall be returned to all lotteries participating in the accounts after the
end of all claims periods of all Party Lotteries and Licensee Lotteries, carried
forward to a replacement game or a replacement prize reserve account or expended
in a manner as directed by the members of the Product Group in accordance with state
law.

(4) Expected Prize Payout
Percentages: The Grand Prize shall be determined on a pari-mutuel basis. Except
as otherwise provided in these rules, all other prizes awarded shall be paid as
set lump sum prizes with the following expected prize payout percentages: [Table
not included. See ED. NOTE.]

(a) Division of Grand Prize
Among Winners: The prize money allocated to the Grand Prize category shall be divided
equally by the number of game plays winning the Grand Prize.

(b) Set Prize Pool Carried
Forward: The Set Prize Pool(for the single lump sum prizes of $1,000,000 or less)
shall be carried forward to subsequent draws if all or a portion of it is not needed
to pay the set prizes awarded in the current draw.

(c) Pari-Mutuel Prize Determination:
Except as provided in OAR 177-085-0025(4)(c)(C), for Party Lotteries:

(A) If the total of the set
prizes awarded in a drawing exceeds the percentage of the prize pool allocated to
the set prizes, then the amount needed to fund the set prizes, including Power Play® prizes, awarded shall be drawn from the following sources, in the following order:

(i) The amount allocated
to the set prizes and carried forward from previous draws, if any;

(ii) An amount from the Set
Prize Reserve Account, if available, not to exceed $40,000,000 per drawing.

(B) Lack of Sufficient Prize
Funds: If, after these sources are depleted, there are not sufficient funds to pay
the set prizes awarded, including Power Play® prizes, then the highest
set prize shall become a pari-mutuel prize. If the amount of the highest set prize,
when paid on a pari-mutuel basis, drops to or below the next highest set prize and
there are still not sufficient funds to pay the remaining set prizes awarded, then
the next highest set prize shall become a pari-mutuel prize. This procedure shall
continue down through all set prize levels, if necessary, until all set prize levels
become pari-mutuel prize levels.

(C) By agreement with the
Licensee Lotteries, the Licensee Lotteries shall independently calculate their set
pari-mutuel prize amounts. The Party Lotteries and the Licensee Lotteries shall
then agree to set the pari-mutuel prize amounts for all lotteries selling the game
at the lesser of the independently-calculated prize amounts.

The following table sets forth
the probability of winning and the probable distribution of winners in and among
each prize category, based upon the total number of possible combinations in Powerball®:
[Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]

(1) Selection of Payment Type: Grand
prizes shall be paid, at the election of the player made no later than 60 days after
validation of the prize, with either a per winner annuity or single lump sum payment.
If the payment election is not made by the player within 60 days after validation,
then the prize shall be paid as an annuity prize. The election to take the single
lump sum payment may be made at the time of validation of the prize claim or within
60 days thereafter. An election made after validation is final and cannot be revoked,
withdrawn, or otherwise changed.

(2) Share of the Grand Prize:
Shares of the Grand Prize shall be determined by dividing the amount available in
the Grand Prize pool equally among all winning game plays of the Grand Prize.

(3) Lump Sum Payment: Winner(s)
who elect a lump sum payment shall be paid their share(s) in a single lump sum payment.
(Application of the MUSL annuity factor generally is anticipated to result in the
Grand Prize winner who elects a single lump sum payment receiving an amount that
roughly approximates one-half of the advertised Grand Prize amount. The actual single
lump sum payment amount will vary as a function of the MUSL annuity factor determined
as described in subsection (4)(a) of this rule.)

(4) Annuity Payment: The
annuitized option prize shall be determined by multiplying a winner’s share
of the Grand Prize pool by the MUSL annuity factor.

(a) The MUSL annuity factor
is determined by the best total securities price obtained through a competitive
bid of qualified, pre-approved brokers made after it is determined that the prize
is to be paid as an annuity prize or after the expiration of 60 days after the winner
becomes entitled to the prize.

(b) Neither MUSL nor the
Party Lotteries or the Licensee Lotteries shall be responsible or liable for changes
in the advertised or estimated annuity prize amount and the actual amount purchased
after the prize payment method is actually known to MUSL. In certain instances announced
by the Product Group, the Grand Prize shall be a guaranteed amount and shall be
determined pursuant to subsection (11) of this rule. If individual shares of the
cash held to fund an annuity are less than $250,000.00, the Product Group, in its
sole discretion, may elect to pay the winners their share of the amount held in
the Grand Prize pool.

(5) Initial and Annual Payments:
Except as may be controlled by statute, all annuitized prizes shall be paid annually
in thirty payments with the initial payment being made directly with available funds,
to be followed by twenty-nine payments funded by the annuity. All annuitized prizes
shall be paid annually in thirty graduated payments (increasing each year) by a
rate as determined by the Product Group. Prize payments may be rounded down to the
nearest $1,000. Annual payments after the initial payment shall be made by the lottery
on the anniversary date of the first payment or if such date falls on a non-business
day, then the first business day following the anniversary date of the first payment.
Funds for the initial payment of an annuitized prize or the lump sum payment prize
shall be made available by MUSL for payment by the Party Lottery or the Licensee
Lottery which sold the winning ticket no earlier than the 15th calendar day (or
the next banking day if the fifteenth day is a holiday) following the drawing.

(6) Lack of Available Funds:
If necessary, when the due date for the payment of a prize occurs before the receipt
of sufficient funds in the prize pool trust to pay the prize, then the transfer
of funds for the payment of the full lump sum payment amount may be delayed pending
receipt of funds from the Party Lotteries and Licensee Lotteries. The Lottery may
elect to make the initial payment from its own funds after validation, with notice
to MUSL.

(7) Death of Winner: In the
event of the death of a lottery winner during the annuity payment period, the MUSL
Finance and Audit Committee, in its sole discretion excepting a discretionary review
by the Product Group, upon the petition of the estate of the lottery winner (the
“Estate”) or the persons identified on the winner’s Beneficiary
Designation form (BDF), whichever is applicable, to the state lottery of the state
in which the deceased lottery winner purchased the winning ticket, and subject to
applicable federal, state, or district laws, may make payment to the Estate or the
designated beneficiary of the discounted present value of the annuitized prize payments.
If a determination is made, then securities and/or amounts held to fund the deceased
lottery winner’s annuitized prize may be distributed to the Estate or the
persons on the BDF. The identification of the securities, if any, to fund the annuitized
prize shall be at the sole discretion of the MUSL Finance and Audit Committee or
the Product Group.

(8) Low-Tier Prizes: All
low-tier prizes (all prizes except the Grand Prize) shall be paid directly through
the Lottery that sold the winning ticket. The Lottery may begin paying low-tier
prizes after receiving authorization to pay from the MUSL central office.

(9) Rounding of Grand Prize
Payments: Annuitized payments of the Grand Prize or a share of the Grand Prize may
be rounded to facilitate the purchase of an appropriate funding mechanism. Breakage
on an annuitized Grand Prize win shall be added to the first payment to the winner
or winners. Prizes other than the Grand Prize which, under OAR 177-085-0025(4)(c)
and 177-085-0065(12), may become single-payment, pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded
down so that prizes can be paid in multiples of whole dollars. Breakage resulting
from rounding these prizes shall be carried forward to the prize pool for the next
drawing.

(10) Roll Over of Grand Prize:
If the Grand Prize is not won in a drawing, the prize money allocated for the Grand
Prize shall roll over and be added to the Grand Prize pool for the following drawing.

(11) Minimum Grand Prizes
and Increases: The Product Group may offer guaranteed minimum Grand Prize amounts
or minimum increases in the Grand Prize amount between drawings or make other changes
in the allocation of prize money where the Product Group finds that it would be
in the best interest of the game. If a minimum Grand Prize amount or a minimum increase
in the Grand prize amount between drawings is offered by the Product Group, then
the Grand Prize amount shall be determined as follows.

(a) All Winners Select Annuity:
If there are multiple Grand Prize winners during a single drawing, each selecting
the annuitized option prize, then a winner’s share of the guaranteed annuitized
Grand Prize shall be determined by dividing the guaranteed annuitized Grand Prize
by the number of winning game plays.

(b) Mix of Lump Sum and Annuity:
If there are multiple Grand Prize winners during a single drawing and at least one
of the Grand Prize winners has elected the annuitized option prize, then the best
bid submitted by MUSL’s pre-approved qualified brokers shall determine the
cash pool needed to fund the guaranteed annuitized Grand Prize.

(c) No Winners Select Annuity:
If no winner of the Grand Prize during a single drawing has elected the annuitized
option prize, then the amount of the cash in the Grand Prize pool shall be an amount
equal to the guaranteed annuitized amount divided by the average annuity factor
of the most recent three best quotes provided by MUSL’s pre-approved qualified
brokers submitting quotes.

(d) Changes in Allocation
of Prizes: In no case shall quotes be used that are more than two weeks old, and
if less than three quotes are submitted, then MUSL shall use the average of all
quotes submitted. Changes in the allocation of prize money shall be designed to
retain approximately the same prize allocation percentages, over a year’s
time, set out in OAR 177-085-0025(4). Minimum guaranteed prizes or increases may
be waived if the alternate funding mechanism set out in OAR 177-085-0025(4)(c) becomes
necessary.

(12) One Prize per Board:
The holder of a winning ticket may win only one prize per board in connection with
the winning numbers drawn, and shall be entitled only to the prize won by those
numbers in the highest matching prize category.

(13) Claim Expires in One
Year: Claims for all prize categories, including the Grand Prize, must be submitted
within one year after the date of the drawing.

To be a valid ticket and eligible to receive a prize, a Powerball® ticket shall satisfy all the requirements established by the Lottery for validation of winning tickets sold through its central computer system and any other validation requirements adopted by the MUSL Board, the Product Group, and published as the Confidential MUSL Minimum Game Security Standards. The Lottery and MUSL shall not be responsible for tickets which are altered in any manner. When a winning ticket is submitted to the Lottery for validation along with the Lottery’s completed claim form, and the Lottery has initiated the validation procedures, the Lottery retains possession of the winning ticket and claim form.

Until such time as a signature is placed in the area designated for signature, a ticket is owned by the bearer of the ticket. MUSL, the Product Group, and the Lottery are not responsible for lost or stolen tickets.

(1) MUSL Restrictions: A ticket or share
issued by the MUSL or any of its Party Lotteries or Licensee Lotteries shall not
be purchased by, and a prize won by any such ticket or share shall not be paid to:

(a) A MUSL employee, officer,
or director;

(b) A contractor or consultant
under agreement with the MUSL to review the MUSL audit and security procedures;

(c) An employee of an independent
accounting firm under contract with MUSL to observe drawings or site operations
and actually assigned to the MUSL account and all partners, share-holders, or owners
in the local office of the firm; or

(d) An immediate family member
(parent, stepparent, child, stepchild, spouse, or sibling) of an individual described
in subsections (a) through (c) of this section and residing in the same household.

(2) Local Lottery Restrictions:
Those persons designated by a Party Lottery’s or Licensee Lottery’s
law as ineligible to play its games shall also be ineligible to play Powerball® in that Party Lottery’s or Licensee Lottery’s jurisdiction.

(1) General: Power Play® is an optional, limited extension of the Powerball® Game described
in OAR Division 85. The Lottery Director, in the Lottery Director’s sole discretion
and based on agreements with MUSL, is authorized to initiate and terminate the Power
Play® option.

(2) Set Prizes Only: Power
Play® increases the amount of any of the cash Set Prizes (the cash
prizes normally paying $4 to $1,000,000) won in a drawing. The Grand Prize Jackpot
is not a Set Prize and will not be increased.

(3) Power Play® Purchase: A qualifying Power Play® option play is any single Powerball® Play for which the player selects the Power Play® option on either
the game slip or by selecting the Power Play® option through a clerk-activated
or player-activated terminal, pays one extra dollar for the Power Play® option play, and which is recorded at the Lottery’s central computer as a
qualifying play.

(4) Qualifying Play: Except
as otherwise provided in these rules, for drawings before January 22, 2014, a qualifying
play which wins one of the eight lump sum Set Prizes (excluding the Grand Prize
Jackpot) shall be paid as follows: [Table not included. See ED. NOTE.]

(5) Power Play® Drawings: Effective for drawings on or after January 22, 2014, MUSL will conduct
a separate random Power Play® drawing and announce results during
each of the regular Powerball® drawings held during the promotion.
During each Powerball® drawing a single number, 2, 3, 4, or 5, shall
be drawn. The Powerball® Product Group may modify the multiplier
features for special promotions from time to time.

(6) Prizes to be Increased:
Except as provided in these rules, effective for drawings on or after January 22,
2014, a qualifying play which wins one of the seven lowest lump sum set prizes (excluding
the Match 5+0 prize) will be multiplied by the number selected, either 2, 3, 4,
or 5, in a separate random Power Play® drawing announced during
the official Powerball® drawing show. The announced Match 5+0 prize,
for players selecting the Power Play® option, shall be paid $2,000,000
unless a higher limited promotional dollar amount is announced by the Group.

(7) Power Play® Prize Pool:

(a) Drawings Prior to January
22, 2014:The prize pool for all prize categories shall consists of up to 49.96 percent
of each drawing period’s sales, including any specific statutorily-mandated
tax of a Party Lottery or Licensee Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery
ticket.

(b) Drawings On or After
January 22, 2014: Effective for drawings on or after January 22, 2014, the prize
pool for all prize categories shall consist of up to 49.36 percent of each drawing
period’s sales, including any specific statutorily-mandated tax of a Party
Lottery or Licensee Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket.

(c) Carry Forward: The Power
Play® Prize Pool shall be carried forward to subsequent draws if
all or a portion of it is not need to pay the Power Play® prizes
awarded in the current draw and held in the Power Play® Pool Account.

(8) Power Play® Pool Account:

(a) Drawings Prior to January
22, 2014: For drawings prior to January 22, 2014, an additional 0.04 percent of
sales, including any specific statutorily-mandated tax of a Party Lottery or Licensee
Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, may be collected and placed
in trust in the Power Play® Pool Account, for the purpose of paying
Power Play® prizes.

(b) Drawings On or After
January 22, 2014: For drawings on or after January 22, 2014, an additional 0.64
percent of sales, including any specific statutorily-mandated tax of a Party Lottery
or Licensee Lottery to be included in the price of a lottery ticket, may be collected
and placed in trust in the Power Play® Pool Account, for the purpose
of paying Power Play® prizes.

(c) Remaining Amounts: Any
amount remaining in the Power Play® Pool Account at the end of this
game shall be returned to all lotteries participating in the account after the end
of all claim periods of all Party Lotteries and Licensee Lotteries, carried forward
to a replacement game, or expended in a manner as directed by the members of the
Product Group in accordance with jurisdiction statute.

(9) Power Play® Payout: Except as otherwise provided in these rules, all prizes awarded shall be
paid as lump sum set prizes. Instead of the Powerball® set prize
amounts, qualifying Power Play® option plays will pay the Power
Play® prize amounts shown in sections (4) or (10) of this rule as
applicable. In certain rare instances, and as determined under OAR 177-085-0025(4)(c)(B)
and section (12) of this rule, the Powerball® set prize amount may
be less than the amounts shown in sections (4) and (10) of this rule. In such case,
the eight Power Play® prize amounts will be changed to an amount
announced after the draw.

(10) Expected Power Play® Prize Payout — Effective for Drawings on or after January 22, 2014: [Table
not included. See ED. NOTE.] In certain rare instances, the Powerball® set prize amount may be less than the amount shown. In such case, the eight lowest
Power Play® prizes will be changed to an amount announced after
the draw. For example, if the Match 4+1 Powerball® set prize amount
of $10,000.00 becomes $5,000.00 under the rules of the Powerball® game and a 5x Power Play® multiplier is selected, then a Power Play® player winning that prize amount would win $25,000.00.

(11) Probability of Winning:
Effective for drawings on or after January 22, 2014, the following table sets forth
the probability of the various Power Play® numbers being drawn during
a single Powerball® drawing, except that the Power Play® amount for the Match 5+0 prize will be $2,000,000. The Group may elect to run limited
promotions that may modify the multiplier features.

Power Play® — Probability
of Prize Increase

5X - Prize Won Times 5 —
1 in 10

4X - Prize Won Times 4 —
1in 10

3X - Prize Won Times 3 —
1 in 3.33

2X - Prize Won Times 2 —
1 in 2

Power Play® does not apply to the Powerball®
Grand Prize. Except as provided in OAR 177-085-0065(10), a Power Play® Match
5 set prize is set at $2,000,000, regardless of the multiplier selected.

(12) Pari-Mutuel Prizes — All
Prize Amounts: Except as provided in subsection (d) of this rule, for Party Lotteries,
if the total of the original Powerball® set prizes and the Power
Play® prizes awarded in a drawing exceeds the percentage of the
prize pools allocated to the set prizes, then the amount needed to fund the set
prizes (including the Power Play® prize amounts) awarded shall be
drawn from the following sources, in the following order:

(a) The amount allocated
to the set prizes and carried forward from previous draws, if any;

(b) An amount from the Powerball® Set-Prize Reserve Account, if available in the account, not to exceed $40,000,000
per drawing; and

(c) If, after these sources
are depleted, there are not sufficient funds to pay the set prizes awarded (including
Power Play® prize amounts), then the highest set prize (including
the Power Play® prize amounts) shall become a pari-mutuel prize.
If the amount of the highest set prize, when paid on a pari-mutuel basis, drops
to or below the next highest set prize and there are still not sufficient funds
to pay the remaining set prizes awarded, then the next highest set prize, including
the Power Play® prize amount, shall become a pari-mutuel prize.
This procedure shall continue down through all set prizes levels, if necessary,
until all set prize levels become pari-mutuel prize levels. In that instance, the
money available from the funding sources listed in this rule shall be divided among
the winning plays in proportion to their respective prize percentages. Powerball® and Power Play® prizes will be reduced by the same percentage.

(d) By agreement with the
Licensee Lotteries, the Licensee Lotteries shall independently calculate their set
pari-mutuel prize amounts, including the Power Play® prize amounts.
The Party Lotteries and the Licensee Lotteries shall then agree to set the pari-mutuel
prize amounts for all lotteries selling the game at the lesser of the independently
calculated prize amounts.

(13) Prize Payment: All Power
Play® prizes shall be paid in one lump sum. The Lottery may begin
paying Power Play® prizes after receiving authorization to pay from
the MUSL central office.

(14) Prizes Rounded: Prizes,
which under these rules may become pari-mutuel prizes, may be rounded down so that
prizes can be paid in whole dollars. Breakage resulting from rounding these prizes
shall be carried forward to the prize pool for the next drawing.

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800 Summer St. NE, Salem, Oregon 97310. Any discrepancies with the
published version are satisfied in favor of the Administrative Order.
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